Helena Jonsdottir – curriculum vitae / résumé

2005

2005 Making of the dance short-film Another in Estonia in collaboration with the Estonian Television ETV, German/French Arte TV and more. Premièred in Estonia November 10th 2005 at Cinema Soprus Tallinn. Screened Oktober 28th 2005 at the Ultima film festival Oslo, Norway.

Screened at SVT Swedish Televison November 5th 2005 and November 16th at ETV and Broadcasting season 2005 – 2006 in ZDF/ARTE (Germany and France) and at the National broadcasters ETV Estonia, RTV Slovenija, YLE Teema Finland, NRK Norway, SVT Sweden, DR Denmark

Première: Director and choreographer of concerts for Magga Stína in Reykjavík City Theatre.

Première of new full length version of Open Source for the Icelandic Dance Company at the City Theatre.

2004

2004 World Première of the dance short-film Zimmer November 28th with Sk Stiftung Kultur at Media Center in Köln, Germany. Now showing in festivals around Europe 2005/2006

World première of dance theatre by HJ Irish version with Irish cast of Open Source in collaboration with Galway Art Festival 2004, shown in Galway, Ireland and Gent, Belgium summer 2004.

Choreographer at The National Theatre of Iceland award winning best play of the year at the Icelandic theatre award 2004 “Þetta er allt að koma!” by Baltasar Kormakur and Hallgrimur Helgason

Winner of the Deutsche Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 in one of the most respected dance-short film competition in Europe, Stiftung Kultur, Koln, Germany.

2003

2003 Winner of a dance-theatre competition of the Icelandic Dance Company and Reykjavik City Theatre for short version of Open Source

2002

2002 Selected/Winner in a group of 10 Nordic choreographers and directors, 10 Moving North.

2002 Nominated as best choreographer in a music video world wide at Music Video Producers Association in Los Angeles.

Awards

Winner of the Deutsche Videotanzpreis 2003/2004 in one of the most respected dance-short film competition in Europe, Stiftung Kultur, Koln, Germany

Winner of the Icelandic dance-theatre awards 2003 of the Icelandic Dance Company and Reykjavik City Theatre for short version of “Open Source”